Prison to a mother who was hiding with her children from their father

The wife of a divorced mother was sentenced to five years in prison because she had left and was hiding with her two children, although a court ordered their Italian father to be responsible for domestic violence

. The Granada court, considering that Huaana Riva "exploited the argument of violence" to keep her two children aged 12 and 14, condemned her for "abduction of a child".

In addition to imprisonment, must also pay compensation of 30,000 euros to his ex-partner and will not have custody of children for a period of six years, according to the law. 39 French agency and relaying the Athens news agency

Ribas accuses his ex-husband, the Italian Francesco Arquri, for the violence. The woman escaped from Sardinia where the couple lived with her two children in May 2016 and filed a domestic violence suit in July of the same year.

The judicial controversy over child custody became widely known in July 2017 when a court ruled in favor of Arkury and ordered his ex-wife to give him the children

during one month with her children, she surrendered to the authorities and handed over to the authorities

The case aroused heated controversy in Spain, where the fight against domestic violence became one of the main priorities of the government

A few others Among her critics were women who complained about how she used the sufferings endured by many other women.

Other women supported her on the ground that Francesco Arquire had already been convicted of domestic violence. at the expense of Huan Riva in 2009.

But the Spanish court concluded that the fact that she returned to her husband and acquired a second child calls into question his claims.

In a lawsuit filed in 2016, Riva He claimed that he was living a hell in Sardinia, describing that his partner "locked him in a room for hours, hit him, he hit her, drew her hair "and that the children, especially the older ones," suffered a lot. "

However, the psychologist, appointed by the court to examine the child, has stated that he found no evidence of mental trauma due to domestic violence. As a result, the court concluded that there were no other cases of beatings after 2009.